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Step 1 - governments privatises /sells all public squares and large streets in your city Step 2 - private companies that own them hire private security firms
by ClumsyPilot 4y ago
Step 1 - governments privatises /sells all public squares and large streets in your city
Step 2 - private companies that own them hire private security firms
Step 3 - if anyone protests, stands with a banner or says anything in convenient anywhere in the city, they get violently removed.
Step 4 - folks like you yourself defend it under the guide of 'but it's not a government!'
Vioala, no free speech to worry about!
You think this is far fetched? It's happening as we speak, thousands of public spaces across Uk were sold and you can;t protest there anymore.
https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2019/mar/05/great-british-sell-off-how-desperate-councils-sold-91bn-of-public-assets https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2019/mar/05/great-british...
- hexator 4y agoThis seems like a false comparison
- drc500free 4y agoThe only difference I see is that the virtual speech zones were private in the first place, rather than initially public squares and then privatized. I'm not sure if the path we took to get there is that relevant, though.
- russdill 4y agoI mean, this is already the case and most people seem ok with it and it seems to be working out. If I go to the mall which is a very public space where people congregate there are limitations that can be put there by the owner of the facility on speech. They can cancel me, deplatform me, ban me, etc.
- russdill 4y agoJust to make clear I'm not advocating for this solution, excessive private ownership of public spaces is a problem that's been known for quite some time and there's a number of laws in place to limit it.